ENT Conditions

Question 1

Conductive hearing loss
- causes
- webers and Rinnes
- pure tone audiogram

Question 2

Ear wax
- physiology
- presentation
- management

Question 3

Otosclerosis
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- examination
- investigations
- management

Question 4

Sensorineural hearing loss
- causes
- medication causes
- webers and rinnes
- pure tone audiograph

Question 5

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
- defintion
- acute conductive hearing loss causes (not SSNHL)
- SSNHL causes
- investigations + diagnosis requirement
- management
- prognosis

Question 6

Presbycusis
- risk factors
- presentation
- diagnosis
- management

Question 7

Ménière’s disease
- pathophysiology
- triad
- presentation
- diagnosis
- management

Question 8

Labyrinthitis
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- diagnosis
- mangagement

Question 9

Acoustic neuroma
- pathophysiology
- location
- bilateral
- presentation
- investigations
- management

Question 10

Otitis externa
- pathophysiology
- causes
- presentation
- diagnosis
- management
- malignant otitis externa

Question 11

Acute Otitis media
- bacteria
- presentation
- examaintion
- management
- complications

Question 12

Chronic otitis media
- presentation
- mucosal
- squamous

Question 13

Cholesteatoma
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- management

Question 14

Otitis media with effusion
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- investigations
- typanometry
- management

Question 15

Vertigo
- pathophysiology
- peripheral vertigo
- central problems
- history
- examinations
- special tests
- management

Question 16

BPPV
- presentation
- pathophysiology
- manoeuvres

Question 17

Vestibular neuronitis
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- head impulse test
- management
- prognosis

Question 18

Ear trauma
- sensory supply to ear
- lacerations
- bites
- pinna haemotoma
- tympanic membrane perforation
- haemotympanum

Question 19

Nose bleeds
- anatomy
- presentation
- bilateral bleeding
- management

Question 20

Nasal polyps
- pathophysiology
- unilateral
- associations
- presentation
- appearance
- management

Question 21

Allergic rhinitis
- duration and severity of symptoms
- description
- associations
- causes
- symptoms
- signs
- investigations
- treatment

Question 22

Non allergic rhinitis
- causes
- symptoms
- signs
- investigations
- treatment

Question 23

Sinusitis
- acute vs chronic
- anatomy
- causes
- acute presentation/definition
- examination
- investigations
- management
- nasal spray technique
- complications

Question 24

Neck lump
- differentials
- history + examination
- red flags
- investigations
- lymphadenopathy
- infectious mononucleosis
- lymphoma
- leukaemia
- thryoid pathology
- salivary gland pathology
- Carotid body tumours
- lipoma
- thryoglossal cyst
- bronchial cyst

Question 25

H+N cancer
- cell type
- locations
- spread
- risk factors
- red flags
- investigations
- management
- complications/side effects

Question 26

Thyroid
- function
- blood supply, nerve supply + route
- position/anatomy
- embryological development
- goitre
- indivudal lumps
- investigations
- Non neoplatsic vs neoplatsic nodules
- management
- complications

Question 27

Epiglottitis
- organism
- presentation
- vs croup
- investigations
- management
- prognosis

Question 28

Croup
- pathophysiology
- age
- causes
- presentation
- vs epiglottitis
- management

Question 29

Pharyngeal pouch
- presentation
- cause

Question 30

Salivary gland
- acute sialadenitis
- sialolithiasis
- sjrogens syndrome

Question 31

Mouth and tongue
- leukoplakia
- Erythroplakia
- lichen planus
- gingivitis
- gingival hyperplasia
- aphthous ulcers
- glossitis
- angiooedema
- candidiasis
- geographic tongue
- strawberry tongue
- black hairy tongue

Question 32

Tonsillitis
- viral causes
- bacterial causes
- waldeyers ring
- presentation
- examination
- centor criteria and fever pain score
- management
- antibitoic choice
- complications

Question 33

Quinsy
- pathophysiology
- presentation
- additional symptoms
- management

Question 34

Tonsillectomy
- indications
- complications
- post tonsillectomy bleeding management

Question 35

Obstructive sleep apnoea
- risk factors
- features
- severe cases
- epworth sleepiness scale
- investigations
- management

Question 36

Facial nerve palsy
- pathway
- function
- questions to identify facial nerve involvement
- Bell’s palsy
- Ramsay hunt
- other causes